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3. obsciirana, Steph. Alls anticis brunneis obscuris, nebulis satu- 

 ratioribus ; costa strigis geminatis albis ; macula medio marginis 

 dorsalis albida ; posticis fuscis, apice saturatioribus. d Exp. al. 

 5^-6 lin. 



Head fuscous on the vertex, pale drab at the sides, in front, and 

 behind. Face pale drab. Eyes black, edged with whitish scales 

 behind. Palpi drab, speckled with brown, the apical joint black. 

 Antennae dark shining brown, streaked. Thorax dull brown, 

 streaked with dark drab at the base. Patagia drab at the base and 

 apex, dull brown at the shoulder. Anterior wings glossy, rich 

 chestnut-brown, with lustrous blue markings towards the apex, and 

 an irrorated cream-coloured blotch on the dorsal margin; on the 

 costa are seven oblique, light-coloured streaks, of which the four 

 nearest the apex are brightest, sharpest, and of a golden lustre ; the 

 first, second, third, and fifth are produced into streaks of a bright 

 lustrous blue colour ; the last attaining the apex below the apical 

 spot, where it becomes golden. The ocelloid patch is marked by 

 three curved streaks, which are sometimes golden, at others of a 

 pale lustrous violet tinge, the space between them being dull ochreous, 

 marked with longitudinal black lines ; the apex and apical margin 

 ochreous, mixed with black scales. The dorsal blotch cream-colour, 

 irregular in shape, defined at its edges, and irrorated with dusky- 

 brown atoms. Apical scales black, with white tips, and interrupted 

 by a whitish streak below the apical spot. Cilia very glossy, smoky 

 black, with paler bases, merging into brown at the anal angle. Pos- 

 terior wings clothed with coarse rich brown scales, darkest at the 

 margins. Marginal scales rich brown. Cilia grey. Abdomen deep 

 brown. $ Exp. al. 6 lin. 



Rather a rare species, but not variable. 



The imago appears in June and July, and occurs at Dareuth 

 and other woods within the Metropolitan district ; also in Wor- 

 cestershire. 



4. Woeberana, SchifF. Alis anticis ochraceis aurantiacis, maculis 

 strigisque atris ; costa strigulis flavis ; macula ocellari magna 

 aurea, strigis quatuor longitudinalibus atris ; posticis brunneo- 

 fuliginosis, apice saturatioribus. tf Exp. al. 6^7 lin. 



Head dull brown on the vertex, yellow behind, and round the 

 eyes. Face dull brown. Eyes black. Palpi longer than the head, 

 ochreous above and beneath ; the apex broadly smoky black, a spot of 

 the same colour on the sides. Antenna) shining brown. Thorax and 

 patagia dull umber, streaked with ochreous. Anterior wings dull, 

 with dark umber and orange markings, and with lustrous blue 

 streaks towards the costa. The base, middle, and anal angle with 

 umber patches, edged with orange. Before the middle of the costa 

 are two oblique lustrous blue streaks, edged narrowly with umber on 



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